Boxing

[Bender]

Good post I’m not that clued up on boxing �� but a good read

[Doc_Piptorious]

If you are interested in Hagler and his era then check out Marvelous: The Marvin Hagler Story written by Brian and Damian Hughes. Found it a really good read and it paints a pretty clear picture of Hagler (boxer and man), the fighters of his era, and his management.


Same father and son pairing wrote a decent book about Tommy Hearns as well.


That era of boxing (the Hagler/Hearns/Leonard/Duran era) has quite a few decent books written about it.

[Bender]

If you are interested in Hagler and his era then check out Marvelous: The Marvin Hagler Story written by Brian and Damian Hughes. Found it a really good read and it paints a pretty clear picture of Hagler (boxer and man), the fighters of his era, and his management.


Same father and son pairing wrote a decent book about Tommy Hearns as well.


That era of boxing (the Hagler/Hearns/Leonard/Duran era) has quite a few decent books written about it.

yeah i'm not the reading type tbh but thanks for the info ....will definitely watch some more videos though

[Bender]

Watched About an hours worth of videos on Marvin Hagler and boy did he have to work to get a title shot and a bit of help from a senator... but this guy was a wrecking machine,His punches were bombs and he’s was robbed by Sugar Ray Leonard and the judges ... for me Marvellous Marvin Hagler was the best the ultimate professional

[Doc_Piptorious]

Watched About an hours worth of videos on Marvin Hagler and boy did he have to work to get a title shot and a bit of help from a senator... but this guy was a wrecking machine,His punches were bombs and he’s was robbed by Sugar Ray Leonard and the judges ... for me Marvellous Marvin Hagler was the best the ultimate professional

Hagler was one of the most avoided fighters of all time. He did not get his first title shot until his 50th fight. Nowadays the top fighters struggle to even have 50 fights in their entire career, let alone have to fight 49 times before getting a shot.

Check out Carlos Monzon sometime too. An absolute ******* of a man outside the ring. He beat women, he kicked the **** out of lots of media folk, he was shot by a girlfriend or wife, he murdered a wife, and died on his way back to prison. The man should never have had the boxing career he had as he should have been locked up years before he actually was.

He was a brutal savage in his personal life and somehow managed to be even more brutal inside the ring. Most fighters start to pick up losses as their careers wind down, but Monson finished his career with 30 straight wins and went 13 years between the last loss of his career and the end of his career.

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Then check out Sugar Ray Robinson


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[Bender]

Will do

[Chazza]

Marvellous Marvin Hagler RIP

[Norbs]

Oh ****, RIP

[spud_gun]

RIP Marvin Hagler

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Fun fact about that fight. It took place on a Monday

[Bender]

Rip champ ... A Legend

[Zapater]

Surprising and sad news. He seemed in pretty good health from recent interviews. Wonder what the cause of death was.

[spud_gun]

If we're to speculate then I'm hoping it's a heart attack as opposed to suicide brought on by CTE.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Only 66 as well.

A man who took on everyone and ducked nobody at all in the division. A true King of the ring.

R.I.P champ.

[RichC]

Fury & Joshua have signed a two fight deal.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Have to say that right now I have little to no interest in Fury vs Joshua. The fact it looks like it will be on in either Suadi Arabia or the UAE plays no small part in my disinterest.